TX

[sfwandwow]

i dont mean to sound stupid but what is tx??

[Bill1954]

You’re welcome. After reading a couple of other posts, it seems you are currently in the diagnosis stage. This can be one of the most frustrating parts of this disease. I wish you luck with your upcoming viral load results as well as the ultrasound info. Although ultrasound is probably not the best tool to determine liver damage, it’s a beginning, and will help rule out extensive damage anyway. Hang in there, we’ve all been in your position—even if you do test positive for viral load, we have treatment available as an option. Many of us that are diagnosed with Hep C don’t have any recognized risk factors; some doctors are beginning to use the term “community acquired”.

The best thing you can do for yourself right now try to stay calm; the viral load test takes about 7-10 days for the lab to turn around, so you should have more info from your doctor soon. In the mean time, you might want to take a peak at this site:

http://janis7hepc.com/

Scroll down and click on a topic in the blue box; there is more info available there than most folks can stand :o).

Stay in touch, and let us know how things develop. In the mean time, take good care—

Bill

[sfwandwow]

Thanks for all that... I surely didnt know..
Iam so confused about all this..My md said i have past or present exposure. Iam waiting on results and had ultrsound liver, from the hep dr. I dont derink or do drugs and dont understand why me... kinda hate the uncertainity...  

[Bill1954]

Hi there;

Tx = treatment; primarily a form of pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Here is a list of some of the acronyms used here in the forums. A member here provided it recently; I hope he doesn’t mind the repost. Here you go—

HCV Acronyms


HCV Hepatitis C Virus
CHC Chronic Hepatitis C
AHC Acute Hepatitis C
G or GT Genotype
GI Gastroenterologist
SOC Standard of Care
ITT Intent to Treat
Tx Treatment, Therapy (can also mean Transplant)
Bx Biopsy
Dx Diagnosis
Sx Symptoms/Side Effects
Rx Prescription
Hx History
RVR Rapid Virological Response (4 Week PCR - UND
EVR Early Virological Response (12 Week PCR - UND or >2 Log Drop)
EOT End of Treatment
SVR Sustained Virological Response (UND 6 Months post TX end)
PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
RT-PCR Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction.
TMA Transcription Mediated Amplification
BMI Body Mass Index
WHR Waist to Hip Ratio
VL Viral Load
HVL High Viral Load
LVL Low Viral Load
UND Undetectable Viral Load

Drug Acronyms
IFN Interferon (Alpha 2a / Alpha 2b)
NPIA Non-Pegylated Interferon Alpha
PegIFN Pegylated Interferon (Alpha 2a / Alpha 2b)
CIFN Consensus Interferon (Infergen/alphacon)
RBV Ribavirin
Riba Ribavirin
EPO Erythropoietin (Epogen/Procrit)
Neup Neupogen

Blood Test Acronyms
FBC Full Blood Count (same as CBC)
CBC Complete Blood Count (same as FBC)
LFT Liver Function Test
ULN Upper Limit of Normal
LLN Lower Limit of Normal
ALT Alanine Aminotransferase
AST Aspartate Aminotransferase
ALP Alkaline Phosphatase
GGT Gamma Glutamyl Transpeptidase
LDH Lactate Dehydrogenase
SGPT ALT used to be called Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase.
SGOT AST used to be called Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase
RCC Red Cell Count
HGB Hemoglobin
Hemo Hemoglobin
WCC White Cell Count
MCV Mean Corpuscular Volume
TSH Thyroid stimulating hormone (Also called: Thyrotropin)
TIW Tri Weekly (Three Times a Week, Thrice Weekly).
IU International Unit